V nice animation I have a few questions about your work process if you have time to answer them. In the opening scene where the sign opens up - it looks like frame by frame - how did you achieve this in AS? With switch layers? Did you use the AS camera to do all the moves / comping? It look very smo...

I have a vector shape with a bitmap texture on it.
Is there a way of animating the vector (at point level) and the texture moves/warps with it?

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I have a style that I have changed transpancy by mistake further along the timeline other than frame 0.
I now want to see that keyframe and remove it.
For some reason I can't see the corresponding keyframe.
How can I see this?
I'm using 7.1

yes he back leg was longer!

I'll check

Here's an animation I've been working on -

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good examples of a bird flight, thanks

Is there a quick way to select a layer from the main drawing area and make it active?

OK, I'm going export SWF for most of the asset and then .MOV export if I have any animated elements with masks or texture image applied - I'll just have to make them big enough so I can zoom in close without the resolution being effected.

I'm to be creating camera moves in and out and dont want to render huge MOVs that's why I thought SWF would be faster and less RAM heavy.

this is really a question for anyone who animates in AS but does all their compositing in After Effects.
I'm wanting to know if they export their assets as MOV, PNG or SWF?

Use the select shape tool (the button that looks like a bean with an arrow next to it - shortcut Q) select your stroke or filled shape (it is highlighted with a checkerboard pattern) and then hit delete on the keyboard. The construction lines will stay visible.

I've noticed when I use texture in a vector shape, the texture has weird artifacts/distortion sometimes. It seems to be sorted if I increase the region of influence (region binding) but it's still a bit hit or miss. Any advice? Also, what is the best way to texture a vector shape if I wanted to crea...